The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
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nv % in these words. vet II I intsrpre
| Il aEight II sta nds for the voicing Of th
populsr discontsnt ON the religious si de
II he's no constructive policy. Its gres
aim 10 simply to do away with existin,
religious institutions 90 that somethin,
else may come In and take their plsc(
Let nv own position stand ont clea
In your minds. I am not pointing on
these new phases Of social development
90 that I may Afterwards criticise thsr
and tell YOU where are the mistakes.
am not defending them. By no means
/ do neither. So far a. II Is possible
am trying to do just what the carefn
nautical chart-maker does for the ship
crew,-point out the under.currents
show where they meet and eddy, wha
tkeir intensity, what their direction.
"Sail on, Oil Union strong and great
our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, ou
tears are all with thee, are all will
thee"
That hope is the loyal sentiment o
every listener before me. So that oul
Union may indeed sail on peacefulI,
aud prosperously each man shoulc
know the dangers menacing it. othe,
wise he fails In his patriotic duty.
What are the remedies for this wid'
spread discontent2 you ask. How ar,
people to be satisfied and made con
tented?
The answers can be given by NO on,
man. Popular or representative govern
ment on so tremendous a scale nevel
before has been tried. The out-workin,
Of the vast forces Of modern civ vilizstiop
| believe will be for the good Of all. bu
In what way our economic, political and
social institutions must and will be mod
flied. l cannot say. No man can predict
with certainty such out-working.
Ina recent course of sermons l hav,
already told you how, on the religion,
side, our present beliefs and system
must / Q altered. how the church must
once more stand as the great common
center Of every community, meeting ths
wants Of all. classes aud doing some
thing for the spiritual uplifting of all
men.
As Q church we are on trial. as h
everv other existing institution.
We shall be judged by our fruits
Last Sunday told YOU how Unitarian
Congregationalism is the direct produce
Of that development which gave us oui
present political organization. 1t is tn,
peoples church, democratic bv antecs-
dents aud representative by form. Some
Of our more wealthy churches have for.
gotten this ::
They have become places for the for
tunate few, where. as 1t were. crowds
are deprecated. We have certain
churches IN Boston. New York, and In
other large cities. which are simply IN
tellectual centers. Everything in and
around them proclaim them to be ex
elusive ecclesiastical clubs designed for
the accommodation Of pers6ns of IS 900 {
year and upwards. have heard ser
mons In some Of our fashionabl,
churches laboriously prepared and earn.
estlv read whica were excellent philo
sophie dissertations but which contained
not the slightest sllusion to modern
modes of living and had no suitablenest st
whatever TO the present time. Peopl,
come aud 90 in their carriages but thu
outside world is not touched and Quick
ened. It's all very nice, all very bean
tiful and esthetic. all very correct and
In good form. but the spirit Of Christ
where Is that?
We are building a new church W,
watch its walls going up with great In
terest 50 too does the public. Attsn
tention has been attracted towards us q
never before. What position are we 20
ing TO take here in Denver2 Are ",
going to stand straight up to our princi
pies Of 100 cents on the dollar, of ever
man being abrother, whatever his M
tionalitv, be II Polish, German. Jewisl
or French, Of each being born for tn,
good Of all and each other2 Are ",
going 10 stand for honesty Of purpose
sociableness, courage in doing the right
ahvpad humanitarisnism. q large char
ity, pure and fervent hope and faith
or are We going to repudiate our most
glorious past run counter to the grea
under. r.currents of humanity and try u
make for the other side in wav whicl
shall bring 10 bear upon us part Of thi
widespread discomfort which is leadinl
TO the submerging Of 90 many other In
stitutions? ~
The question is before Us and wan
every member Of Unity church IN Ii,
light Of the danger shown this mornin(
70 ask himself the question and TO abid,
bv his own answer.
Lei Il not b said In truth q II NOV
often hintsd that Unity people will b,
spoiled BY their new church, or that The
Unitarian society VIII become . Capitol
Hill organisation. Az soon ~ We be
come exclusive. We exclude oursslvs
from the best and life viii die on
within rs; We shall simply b A'bod,
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